Abstract
Responses of glutamatergic neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla to stimulation of cardiac sympathetic afferents have not been defined. Nitric oxide influences neural function of glutamate. We evaluated the relationship between vesicular glutamate transporter 3, c-Fos and neuronal nitric oxide synthase/soluble guanylyl cyclase in the rostral ventrolateral medulla following cardiac stimulation. In anesthetized cats with barodenervation and vagotomy, epicardial application of bradykinin, but not its vehicle, caused pressor responses. More vesicular glutamate transporter 3-containing neurons colocalized with c-Fos or c-Fos and neuronal nitric oxide synthase in the rostral ventrolateral medulla in bradykinin-treated cats (n = 6; P < 0.05) than in control animals (n = 4). Colocalization of neuronal nitric oxide synthase, soluble guanylyl cyclase and c-Fos or vesicular glutamate transporter 3 was noted following bradykinin stimulation. Findings indicate activation of rostral ventrolateral medulla glutamatergic neurons by cardiac stimulation, which may be influenced by nitric oxide via cGMP.
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